Saoner

Cannaregio

Sojourn in Style in a Serene Palazzo Setting and Unlock the Secrets of Palazzo Vendramin…

… A rare collection of fine luxury apartments expertly created within a 15th century canal-side palace near the Church of Santa Fosca in the heart of Cannaregio.

Sensitively steered into the 21st century under the direction of noted Venetian architect Alberto Torsello and interior design team Zanon Associati, Palazzo Vendramin provides a calm, unruffled and historically fascinating backdrop to 5 exceptional new apartments (including Saoner – see its dedicated section below).

Integrating chic Italian design with meticulously restored architectural details such as Venetian terrazzo flooring and colourful frescoes, these remarkable properties range from a well-proportioned studio with furnished courtyard and water entrance, to a bright and beautiful 2 bedroom Piano Nobile apartment, each offering a unique opportunity to sample the joys of elegant palazzo living in one of the most authentic Venetian districts of town.

Standing imposingly on the Fondamenta de Ca’ Vendramin, between the Rio di Santa Fosca and Rio del Trapolincanals well hidden from the tourist footfall yet with an excellent variety of local amenities very close at hand, these impressive apartments enjoy the best of both worlds.

Thought to have once been home to the large and illustrious Vendramin family (merchants trading in oil, cheese and salted meat, and producers and sellers of soap - the latter bringing them great fame and fortune over time), and representing a harmonious blend of the historical and the contemporary, its cavernous communal ‘androne’ hallway with majestic stone staircase and walls embellished with modern art and frescoes provides a fitting welcome to the Palazzo at the start of your stay.

Both front and rear entrances of the Palazzo are accessible by private water taxi for easy arrivals and departures, and all 5 apartments offer air-conditioning throughout and Wi-Fi as standard.

And with a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, the Palazzo Vendramin apartments have each been named in homage to Venice’s traditional tradesmen and craftsmen, or ‘mestieri’, who in times past would have been familiar characters within ‘La Serenissima’s’ labyrinth of ‘calli’ and ‘campi’.

Saoner – The Soap Maker

A warm and characterful triplex apartment (spread over 3 floors) – spacious and intriguing in layout – with wooden parquet flooring, extensive exposed beams, sloping eaves and a cosseting and cosy vibe despite its great size.

Sleeping up to 6 guests in an attic-style ambience, and home to a number of delightful period features, the apartment commences on the second floor of the Palazzo (reached by lift) and comprises –

Level 1

-Saoner’s main entrance hallway leading to a guest bathroom, note the ancient and remarkable restored marble sink

-A further inner hallway, home to an Internet station for use with your p.c.

-A bathroom with shower

-A short curved staircase rising from the inner hallway to the apartment’s main sitting room / TV area with its sloping wooden ceiling and sofa, and which in turn leads to the apartment’s master bedroom with double bed

-A staircase from the inner hallway passing wonderful wall frescoes and rising to

Level 3 - the top floor and home to

-A second bedroom with a double bed and leading to a study with a writing desk which can be closed off for peace and privacy – the ideal place for updating that holiday blog! - and an en-suite bathroom with shower

-A separate walk-in wardrobe

-A further double bedroom with its own walk-in wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom with large shower

*Are you a part of a larger group who’d like to stay close together but in separate apartments? We have 4 other apartments within the Palazzo: Tagiapiera, Sensale, Drapier, and Varoter

OUR COMMENT

An absolute charmer full of penthouse appeal in a privileged position in the Cannaregio ‘sestiere’…

… A much-loved district with a traditional old-world charm characterised by peaceful residential areas, a host of historic landmarks including the spectacular fairy tale Ca’ d’Oro and the ancient Jewish Ghetto, plus long and wide canal-side ‘fondamente’ including the Fondamente de la Misericordia and de la Sensa (with their fabulous selection of local restaurants and ‘bacari’ – including our favourites Anice Stellato, Paradiso Perduto and Vino Vero), and the Fondamente Nove – Venice’s northern waterfront overlooking the waters of the lagoon towards the distant peaks of the Dolomite mountains.

Within an easy stroll of some wonderful churches including the dainty jewel-box Santa Maria dei Miracoli, the Gesuiti with its towering white façade and statues of the Apostles, and Madonna dell’ Orto - final resting place of the painter Tintoretto who lived nearby.

Close to the Strada Nova where you find shops galore to satisfy all your shopping needs! plus a well stocked CoopSupermarket at San Felice.

Convenient to 3 vaporetto (water bus) stops – San Marcuola (Casinò), Ca’ d’Oro and Madonna dell’ Orto – the latter allowing for easy travel to the beaches of the Lido and to the glass-blowing island of Murano, with connections at Fondamente Nove to the rainbow-coloured island of Burano and the island of Torcello.

Also a stone’s throw to the traghetto at Campo Santa Sofia, which during operating times, ferries passengers by gondola across the Grand Canal to the Rialto Market in the district of San Polo.

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Cannaregio

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